:00:00. > :00:11.News Channel. We are back with the late news
:00:12. > :00:15.Hello, I'm Jenny Kirk. Traditional Boxing Day hunts took
:00:16. > :00:21.place across the region today, with meets in Northampton, Suffolk,
:00:22. > :00:24.Essex, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. At Brigstock in Northamptonshire,
:00:25. > :00:27.organisers say, despite the fox hunting ban, the number of people
:00:28. > :00:33.taking part has been rising, largely down to the web and social media. It
:00:34. > :00:40.comes as a poll for animal welfare charities suggests the majority of
:00:41. > :00:52.the public want the ban to remain. The Boxing Day hunt. Horses, pounds,
:00:53. > :00:56.hundreds of people here. A spectacle centuries`old. Now seeing their
:00:57. > :00:59.numbers grow, they say, because of 21st`century social media. People
:01:00. > :01:07.now get hold of me via Facebook. We had a newcomers' date with probably
:01:08. > :01:11.25 or 30 people out, which, to have got the information out using other
:01:12. > :01:17.forms of advertising, would have been firstly difficult, and
:01:18. > :01:20.secondly, expensive. This woman and her five`year`old daughter are
:01:21. > :01:24.having their first time here. They heard about the hunt from the web.
:01:25. > :01:28.Force ourselves, this is more the case that is the first time we have
:01:29. > :01:31.done this, so getting the horse prepared for it all. It has been
:01:32. > :01:36.good. It has been really, really good. A lot more people than I
:01:37. > :01:41.expected. I didn't realise it was so popular. A poll by the RSPCA found
:01:42. > :01:46.80% of people thought hunting should remain banned. Around 60 riders took
:01:47. > :01:51.part here today, and more join every year, they say. People still want to
:01:52. > :01:56.come out and hunt. We lay trails, we exercise the hounds, and we try and
:01:57. > :02:01.provide a day of entertainment. We are having a bit of fun. It is a
:02:02. > :02:04.tradition that will never die. More alive than ever, they say, with
:02:05. > :02:07.social media. A robber who threatened a
:02:08. > :02:10.90`year`old woman at knife`point is being hunted by the police in
:02:11. > :02:14.Northampton. The masked thief stole World War I medals belonging to the
:02:15. > :02:18.woman's late father and a World War II Burma Star which belonged to her
:02:19. > :02:21.late husband. Police have just released details of the theft in
:02:22. > :02:25.Debdale Road, and they're calling it a "horrible incident."
:02:26. > :02:29.Hundreds of people had a moment of madness this morning and went for a
:02:30. > :02:33.swim in the sea off the east coast. These were the scenes during the
:02:34. > :02:36.annual Boxing Day dip in Cromer. It's been a tradition there since
:02:37. > :02:48.1985 and those taking part were raising money for local charities. I
:02:49. > :02:51.can speak from personal experience. It was incredibly cold today, but
:02:52. > :02:56.exhilaration takes care of that. This year, it is incredibly special,
:02:57. > :03:00.because we are raising money for the Norfolk 's open association, because
:03:01. > :03:02.the memory of our club has a daughter who has value their
:03:03. > :03:05.services this year. It has been great to raise money for them.
:03:06. > :03:08.Sport now. In football, in the Premier League, Norwich lost at
:03:09. > :03:11.home, beaten by Fulham 2`1. In the Championship, a good result for
:03:12. > :03:15.Ipswich ` they won away at Doncaster by three goals to zero. Coventry
:03:16. > :03:17.twice came from behind to beat League One promotion hopefuls
:03:18. > :03:21.Peterborough 4`2. Colchester beat Stevenage 4`0, and it was a good
:03:22. > :03:24.away win for MK Dons as well. They beat Crawley 2`0. In League Two,
:03:25. > :03:26.Southend beat Wimbledon 1`0, while Northampton lost at Burton by a goal
:03:27. > :03:29.to nothing. Strong winds and heavy rain are
:03:30. > :03:32.expected overnight, raising fears of further flooding and power cuts.
:03:33. > :03:36.There are flood warnings already in place across parts of the region.
:03:37. > :03:39.You can find out more on the Environment Agency website. With
:03:40. > :03:49.more details, here's Georgina Burnett.
:03:50. > :03:54.Good evening. I'm afraid it is a bit of a grotty end to Boxing Day, so
:03:55. > :03:58.tonight will be a bit of a wet and windy night. Rain pushing through
:03:59. > :04:01.this evening from the west, and also strong southerly winds picking up.
:04:02. > :04:07.That will be the same for tomorrow morning, so cost of 40 to 50 miles
:04:08. > :04:13.an hour inland, and perhaps just clipping 60 mph along the coast as
:04:14. > :04:16.well. Rainfall, we are expecting ten to 20 millimetres by tomorrow, and
:04:17. > :04:22.perhaps even up to 30 millimetres locally. That storm starts to make
:04:23. > :04:25.his way after the east, so by about lunchtime, we should see the back of
:04:26. > :04:30.that. Behind it, we have drier, brighter conditions, but it will
:04:31. > :04:35.still be quite a blustery afternoon, temperatures reaching eight, nine or
:04:36. > :04:40.even 10 Celsius. Quite a cold night to follow tomorrow night, and a
:04:41. > :04:44.couple of chilly but settled days before another feature working its
:04:45. > :04:49.way through at the beginning of next week.
:04:50. > :04:51.You can keep up with developments on That's it for now.
:04:52. > :04:53.Your BBC local radio station. We'll be back with an update at 10:15.
:04:54. > :05:09.Until then, enjoy your evening. Hello there, most of us have had a
:05:10. > :05:14.quiet Boxing Day, mostly dry, chilly, lingering mist, light winds.
:05:15. > :05:19.That is all about to change. The next storm arriving on our doorstep
:05:20. > :05:20.right now, over night tonight will see wet and